Record-filing mechanism.



W. STUEBNG, JH. L, J. VAN GUELPEN.

RECORD FILING MECHMWSM. APPLICATION FILED mm 1?, 191s.

Mmmm Mm. 5, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

WG, In, l, VMI GUUPEW. HER FILING MEHMHSM.

Mmcmmf; mm am. i7, 191s.

jmented Mm, 5, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2- 32' .Ff/N35 2] /mz/ 221201" W. STUEBWG, Ju. Q L. l. VAN GUELPEN. RECORD FILING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED mm 17. ma.

jnfgg'tg Specification ci Letten; 1P@

rv l y i Joel?, Lehm/m; may concewt: K mechanism ot :my ot the commit- Be it known that we, "WILLMM qfnnowin Y :i to opcinte tlc desired commi-t- JF., ind LOUIS JVAN Gtmmnn, both oitiment scyrw'etcy to pct-cine the iesiiftsft Liens of the United States, enti @zich i'esiili 'i' i5 et the city ot Cincinnati, in the count; of

Hamilton und Stute oit hio, have invcntiiztl awn tccoid. 'the key for tnitonieicotiiy tit? cert-cin new :mil .Useful lnipi'oven'ielsts in locking: itself 'noch into the eompeit lent Reeortl-hiliiig vlicolnmism7 ot Ywhich the ioi- :limon which it hns heen removed, und. :intoestui'o consists in melting; the

lowing is e specilieation.. ninticcilv ift-leasing' the shifting,f ineehenism .to The object oi our inviintion is to provide so that it will hc :igcn 'lice to oncizit-o the e simple, chesp, unique und highly ellcicnt meohaniism ot another compartment. fo :mechanism i'oi' iiing rcooiris; :intl its salient l@ will he ernliiy 'understood 'that our features lie in providing" no1/'ei mech-mism device and its ineelmnisin can he used in for withdrawing and filing the record, eoimection with any cabinet or filing cese i5 One of its 'features Consists :in the eniploj,f :troni which i'fjscoitls ot' any kind im; Withnient of u cese or cabinet, ',livitled into spsiced xli'nwn :intl inserted, lont tor the purpose of 'mi l divisions or compartments, each adapted to pcrsplcuitv :incl ieitci'encc, We will d. scribe holtl 2L iecord, and in providing; mechanism itin connection with the tiling" cabinet of e in connection with each of sztii'l como ;-v talking machine, witlwut,howeve1'. limiting; :2o ments oi' divisions to he nsetl for receiving; in .wes to the specific form oit cabinet the iccoicl :1nd tot' ejecting it, which niechhclfwn flcsoiihetl in deteii. 'zij einem, however, een not he usm m qny @t f he vet-ums teetvnies ot om invention and the Compartment-,S without eine.; said theii Advantages will readily become op mechanism for 'the @oninei'inient to he 'ns-ed, 'uVent-'limiti u perusal ot the following; speel-- 25 111 operative oonoitnin 'oy human agency. ocation :mtl claims,

Another feature consistsin providing .lli the n ccompnnying drawings to ing ee mechanism. foi'looling the moord. in the Pilki?. M315 SPCWCQOW compartment cntomatcciij/ ond eutomnti- Figure L) 1S o 'iont elevation of our iii- @uUy ejfywing the 53mg, v mnttoin partly hrolcen :wmv to illustrate :51o Another feature consists in pi'ovicling' COIlSllHlilif il.,

ineens 'i'oi peventing the insertion of a, is :t Sectional view on line e5 i'ecord in eny oif the compzntments oi li 3 visions except .in the one which has been l i'einoveci, and when seid rocottl insertedl 111 l -s a siinilai vie'siv :is that shown 2, except it is broken away et top :m in its compartment and antonmticeily locked Uil V113 Opl'liillg pdli :we in e finite-rent in place, none of the i'ecoitls can he removed POSUEIGIM 1 90 until seperately operated upon by the izceoh- "5 4, s Sectional view on 'inc ils-fi :mism tor releasing the record; thus pren venting taking out of more thun one iecoiti et. et time, thus :toioing the operator to teilte t ont 'the iccoitls siiigiu and replace the record. 'b i, iS i1 SQCODH View Same es Fig. 2, '95 heioio ,ching out another; thuspfeventing eiteei'it that the operating mechanism is in the iop/erntet from laying the records ofionmit il Clil'ieic'nt' position. proiniscuonsly, thus sawing' time end pre ,in mn'iying ont our invention provide venting inconvenience in hunting the cleA :t cabinet oi hole, for-med et' e top i, bottom ,siieti recolttl and 'preventing loss, clestiuoside wells 3 .and and e back 5. The 10e tion :intl hi'ettlnige. 'trent mit of the cabinet is open :intl We fiifiotiier testine eonssts in ji'nohihitiing gjnov lo n. partition l which divides the cahi- 'the use oi any of" the conipiutmen= for 'net into :in eppoi chenihei: I enti lower tt? which there iiie no ieoofais, by ,mi g the clisnotw G; 'in the chei'nhep i We provide :i

mechanism tot scifi onnsetl compartment-s i 'titions so that spaces i0 :tre 'ion inoncifetive9 et Wiii. s then into which the iecoitls ilinothei feature consiste in pi'ovitiing; ilficmi emi 'wl' h they it these mechanism which can be shifted to the opei7- ght and;

is it side elevation of the inven- I width to allow of a snug t for the records;

the ,lower chamber containing the operating mechanism. These artitions 9 Vtorni spaced ling divisions between .spaces 10 and into the sidewalls 3 and 4,

,"inwhich said shaft is supported and jour# l10.v i

naled.Y v

0n the shaft'i, in each of the spaces 10,

' we mount and' fulcrum a vertical arm 14;

' this arm may be of any suitable shape or construction. At the lower end 'of arm 14, at the point 15, we pivot the rear. end of' a Horizontal bar or long arm 16, provided with" an upwardly extending finger v17, Apassi-11g throughs. slotlS thepartition 6; 'the 'i 20 as shown and-,is also rovided with stop'lug 21, for iimitingj't emovement'of arm 16.v On the bottom surface of 4part-1l.

Q tion 6,1 we securely fasten a stop ti-nger 22 v arm 14 als'olentending'through a `slot` 19 in partition 6. v l, -V

This longarm-lll is provided with; a recess which .fits vinto the 'recessQOwhenvthe finger 17 is in itshighest po'sition'and4 the long ifea .arm 16 is' held in this normal .positionby means of" the spring 23. On the long arm' 16 we provide a downwardly projecting pos-t 4 0 -and to the bottom 2, we fasteny an-.up'` Wardly extending post 41 and between these two posts we extend and connect a coiled spring 42. The mechanism just described is provided for each space 10 and 'or each record, shown particularly in Figs. v1 lande.'

'In-'the lower chamber 8 we provide a shafty or bar 24 which is fastened in the sides 3' and 4 and on this shaft vis placed a lever having'a forked arm 25 and'a handle26;

this lever can be slid to and fro onthe.

shaft 24. The forked end`25 engages the forward end of the long arm 16, straddling the same as shown.

we fasten the upper railV 27 and the lower rail 28, extending across the device,y and forming the elongated slot or space 29 be tween them'. In the upperrail 27 we place vertical recesses 30, into which the handle 26 can enter .when up.

In connection with each of the long arms 16, we employ the following described device for holdingtlie said arm and its con nections in inoperative position until it is desired to use said arm and connections, to place a record in said space.

1n the lower chamber 8, we place at each side a bearing 31, in which we support shaft 32 extending across the device. On each arm 16 we connect a pin 33 and to co-act with said pin we provide a short lever 84 which pivots on the shaft 32, having a notch 35 at its top edge, which engages said pin 38. When the short lever 34 is up and in Leashes a vertical position as shown in Fig.`6, and is'in Vengagement with'pin 33, the operating means are all locked against any operation. ln order to place the same inoperative position, we provide a door` 36 hinged at 37,

lwhich door extends across the device, whicli can be unlocked so that -the operator can" reach the short lever 34 and drop it. as shown Vin Figs. 2 and 3, this allows the parts to be operable.v

' The spring 42 is always in tension. When the long arm 16 `is disconnected from the sto finger 22, as the upper member of the for ed part 25 engages said long ;arm, by treason of the operator lifting up handle 26,

see Fig. 3, this tension on spring 42 is partial1 relaxed and the arm 14 is forced forwar at its upperpart, engaging the record and throwing it forward, see Fig. 3. Duri-ing this operation'the'upper edge of the bar 16 'is riding on the lower' edge of the finger 22 and-.is held in this position by the spring" 23 and stop 2l; at this time the handle 26 `is np in the slot 30 and' cannot be moved to the right or left'and is thus lockedin this position, at the Sametime the lower member of fork part 25.is,holding. the handie np in its position in 'said slot so that it `can not be moved laterally;`

` When lth devicev is empty. Tand is Yde-V siredyto load the same, the short lever 34 v is dropped, to place the mechanismV in operative position, the handle 26 is then slid -to the l.sp/ace l0 into which it is desiredtov insert the record, and then lifted, this'forcesv the upper member ofork 25 to engage the 'upper end of long arm 16, rockin or tilt? ing said arm, this pulls` down the nger 17.1'

so thatV the record can be started into the l 4105 "t e arm 14 by reason of theA recordpre'sslng .4 i against it at the top', said arm 14`thus be ace 10 and this'operation also forcesback ing pressed back at the top operates vupon 4 '1111116 and this operation forces the stop 'At the front of the' bottom chamber 8,

linger 22 to enter recess 20 in arm 16,v and the spring 23pul1s up the said sx1-m16,

consequently ralsing linger 17; `this opera# so drops the handle 26 and disengages it from the slot 30, 'and then the record is f1 tion a locked in place,- and can not be removed .until operated upon as aboveset forth by theymechanism for 'ejecting it.

Thefinger 17 prevents any record from vbeing,inserted in .any ofthe compartments,

exceptinto the ,one only from which a. record has-been extracted, as in Vthis particular compartment the finger is down. v

retenes modication Without material departure from the principle and spirity of the invention, and for this reason we Wish to be nnderstood as not limiting ourselves to the precise form and arrangement of the several arts of the mechanism as herein set forth,l .111 carrylng out our invention in practice,

lfor separately holding the records to be led, means, operated by the record, for locking said record in place.

2. In a record ling mechanism, a cabinet having immovable compartments for separately holding the records to be filed, means for withdrawing a record, means operated by the Withdrawal ot' the record itselffor preventing the insertion or Withdrawal of another record in the cabinet, until a record has been inserted in the immovable compari-ment from which the record'was Withrawn.

3. ln record filing mechanism, a series of compartments for holding records separately, means for ejecting said records singly said means operated by the record for loefting said record .in place, and .separate mechanism capable of lateral movement for engaging each compartment mechanism separately.

4. ln a record filing mechanism, a cabinet provided with immovable compartments for separately holding the records' to be filed, mechanism for ejecting only one record at a. time, and separate means for independently locking the ejecting mechanism, rendering' inoperative.

5. ln a record tiling mechanism, a cabinet having compartments for singly holding the records to be led, means for singly ejecting the records from said compartments, means for singly locking the same in said compartments, and separate and independent means for locking the empty compartments not in use, rendering such unused compartments inoperative for receiving reoords. n

6. ln arecord filing mechanism, a cabinet for separately holding the records to be led, means, operated by the record, for locking said record in place, and separate independent means for rendering the unused compartments inoperative against the insertion of a record.

WILLIAM STUEBING, Jn. noms J. van GUELPEN.

Witnesses:

L. M. Donner, i W. C. STUEBING. 

